tobidogger
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I have never been so abused to hand over 120 grand. Car sales people are some of the most hated people on earth, I'm aware. However my Jaguar and Audi dealers have never treated me like I was buying a book on Amazon, failed to call me back, and caused me to need to lose my cool. Rivian needs to get its **** together because it seems to have a lot of idiots working for it.The direct to consumer model has a lot of advantages, and so does standard pricing versus negotiating with a dealership. But having the ability to get trade-in quotes, and some small room for negotiation has a lot of benefits as well. I really want the R1S but my wife likes both the cars for different reasons. It's going to be a tough sell at the moment to justify the difference in price.
I have loved - LOVED - to tell the story of my "guide", which is just some Gen Z/Mil nonsense for car sales person. He seemed to not know what the word guide means. He was genuinely confused as to who would explain the processes to me. I kept saying, "perhaps a guide?" It would seem my snark was lost on him.
I have never seen the inside of my Jaguar / Audi dealerships. The cars are picked up and dropped off for their annual service and they were -40% the cost of the Canyonero. Rivian needs to realize this is a luxury/niche truck and get it together. People like me can buy most any car (well to a certain point) and the DTC can be a time saver...if done with the context in mind. That context is not buying a t-shirt at GAP.
Why do I mention this? Because Kia, Porsche, VW, etc... are not stupid. They will be there fast enough with Rivian-like products. Heck the Jeep EV's are looking cool...and as much as I dislike "let me talk to my manager" BS, at least I know what to expect and they are going to act accordingly. There is something to be said about the car dealer model - the owner of my local Porsche dealership can be found around town...he would be warned not to piss his clientele off since he sees us at the bagel shop. The chance of me being in Normal or Irvine are 0%.
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